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Joseph J. Helble ’82 returns to his alma mater to lead the university that changed the course of his life.
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Joseph J. Helble ’82 returns to his alma mater to lead the university that changed the course of his life.
The move includes relocating 32 faculty members and 15 labs from existing areas on campus.
Talented high school students from around the country and globe are among those offered admission in the Early Decision I cohort.
Here’s a look back at the biggest Lehigh stories of the year.
Anthony DiMaggio studies the progression of social movements in the United States since 2008.
Salma Elboute ’22, a management major with a concentration in entrepreneurship, is working on launching two businesses - Salma Skin, a body care line that celebrates her twin roots in Morocco and New York, and Bananat Candy, a halal gummy candy business. While furthering the development of her companies through a management class and venture competitions run by Lehigh’s Baker Institute, Elboute gained experience through a channel analytics internship at Optum, a health insurance company.
Victoria Herrmann ’12 is managing director of the Arctic Institute, where she leads the network in its mission to achieve a sustainable Arctic through research, policy, projects and publications. At Georgetown University, she is a principal investigator of a National Science Foundation-funded research coordination network on Arctic migrations. She is on sabbatical currently serving as a White House Fellow, a prestigious appointment that encourages citizenship, and placed with the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
As an Ombudsperson, Jennifer Swann, professor of biological sciences at Lehigh for more than 25 years, plays an important role in managing conflict writ large for the university. Swann, who has long worked to promote equity and inclusion, sees value in conflict: “You will learn a lot when somebody says, ‘I disagree with you.’ The information they have that has brought them to a different situation, a different idea, is often useful in creating new knowledge.”
Lehigh tops Lafayette 17-10 in the 157th edition of The Rivalry football game, which was first played in 1884.
A Spirit Week favorite, Lehigh’s Marching 97 treated campus to a loud and energetic EcoFlame on a gorgeous fall day.
This fall, students participated in the College of Health’s first Research Forum.
EES students visited Island Beach State Park in Ocean County, New Jersey this semester as part of a field study on Earth surface materials.
ROTC members raised the flag on Veteran’s Day in November.
Community Service Office (CSO) students prepare meals for residents of Victory House, a local veterans shelter.
More than 1,500 people participated in a beam signing for the new College of Business building, an expansion opening in the fall of 2022.
Lehigh’s new Health, Science and Technology building’s 60-foot-long sign is illuminated for the first time in December.
Journalist & best-selling author, Joan Lunden, joins the College of Health faculty for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Students in Professor Forsyth's furniture design class create benches for local art museums.
Students flew and tested glider airplanes at Goodman Campus as part of their research on the mechanisms of silent owl flight.
Lehigh honors six alumni for their extraordinary achievements with the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Ph.D student Erin Sobchinsky pursued research combining passions in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Students learn how structures behave by participating in destructive testing of concrete columns.
In-person admissions tours resumed this summer for students interested in visiting and learning more about what Lehigh has to offer.
Undergraduate researchers win NIH award for innovative sickle cell diagnostic device.
The time-honored Spirit Week tradition of bed racing takes place on Packer Avenue for the first time.
The inaugural class of Lehigh Launch students enjoyed their first-semester experience in Wyoming and New Mexico in the Fall of 2021.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania enjoys all four seasons, including yearly snowfalls making for a beautiful and picturesque winter campus.
President Helble held two Community Conversations with faculty, staff and students, getting to know the campus community during his first semester at the helm.